India Rolls Out Training for Fifty Thousand Teachers
More than 51,000 teachers in rural government schools in India are being trained as part of the Tejas project, which aims to improve the...
Is the right brain key to better language learning?
The right brain hemisphere is more important for language learning than we thought, a team of researchers at the University of Delaware and the...
Make the most of metacognition by making reading a group task
Students retain more ‘incidental’ vocabulary when prompted to think about learning
Students who use metacognitive prompts during reading tasks can improve their incidental vocabulary learning,...
News in Brief
TANZANIA: Tanzania will retain English as “the language of instruction in schools,” Prof Joyce Ndalichako, minister of education for the East African country, confirmed....
“Leave now,” says lawyer, as China cracks down on foreign teachers
“DO NOT teach in China” says American lawyer Dan Harris. Writing in his award-winning blog https://www.chinalawblog.com/, the international law expert recommends expatriates currently teaching...
US cuts English in shelters
The Trump administration is cancelling English language classes, recreational activities and legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children staying in federally-contracted shelters.
Children found illegally entering...
